Project Engineering Manager Wood Abu Dhabi

Wood is presently looking to hire a Project Engineering Manager to join their team in Abu Dhabi. The successful candidate will be responsible for the execution of the engineering portion of a multi-discipline engineering scope of work on one or more projects/work scopes. Coordinating and completing the various engineering, and start-up aspects of a project while meeting HSSE, quality, schedule, and budget performance goals. Has responsibility for the technical excellence of the engineering portion of a project across all disciplines. Job ID for this vacancy is 4731.

Responsibilities of A Project Engineering Manager

Contributes to delivery of engineering excellence through:

• Driving technical assurance on the assigned scope(s) of work.
• Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the discipline engineering teams on the assigned scope(s) of work.
• Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities.
• Developing and retaining motivated and competent people.
• Undertaking the role of process owner.
• Driving safety by design.
• Driving and leading on opportunities for innovation

Driving technical assurance:

• Continuous promotion of corporate / client specific procedures.
• Assist in incident investigations as required.
• Monitors compliance with standards and processes to assure delivery.
• Roll out and Implementation of learning opportunities from across the business.
• Driving continual focus on process safety through the engineering team.
• Driving elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned.
• Identifies and mitigates areas of risk and improvement opportunities.
• Identifies and pursues improvement opportunities.
• Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidiscipline engineering team.

Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations of a multidiscipline engineering team:

• Assist in the management of recruitment, selection, transfers, performance management, succession planning and promotion of resources to meet engineering team requirements.
• Ensuring appropriately resourced and competent personnel on Project/Contract.
• Oversight and control of Engineering Histogram to support workforce planning.
• Assist in setting & maintaining standards for the development and retention of motivated and competent people.

What You’ll Do More

Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities:

• Responsible for the engineering content of project execution plans for assigned contracts/projects.
• Responsible for the direction and management of the engineering and associated project activities of the business grouping/Project.
• Manage and direct resources efficiently and effectively.
• Consult and negotiate with clients to prepare specifications, explain proposals and present engineering reports and findings.
• Assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams.
• Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation. Provides expert resolution of issues and monitors integration of work.
• Reviews technical concepts of major projects.
• Personally participates in solving difficult technical problems.
• Resolves conflicts that are complex and manages divergent audience.
• Responsible for facilitating agreement between conflicting parties.
• Resolves issues which are non-recurring and occasionally novel.
• Carries responsibility for resolution of major problems for the engineering segment.
• Assist in identifying and requesting functional support to projects / contracts as required.
• Accountable for the efficient planning and management of engineering resources, identifying ad pursuing opportunities for margin improvement, including HVEC utilization.

Undertaking the role of process owner:

• Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed in the department.
• Directs the application of existing principles and the development of new polices and strategies aligned with OU, BU and Corporate objectives.
• Conduit for regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments.

Requirements for Role of A Project Engineering Manager

The eligibility requirements for role of a Project Engineering Manager are as under:

• Engineering degree in any discipline.
• Minimum 20 years of experience.
• Minimum 5 years recent experience as an Engineering Manager on major Gas processing projects.
• Balance of technical and management experience at relevant level and position.
• Typically requires several years of supervisory experience with an understanding of human relations, training, performance evaluation and health and safety.

Desired Skills

• Broad and extensive knowledge of engineering theories and techniques and a high level of skill in application of this knowledge in the management of the engineering function.
• Capable of representing business and client to business associates in a professional manner.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing people at all levels of the organization.
• Skilled in forecast planning for people resources.
• Skilled in recruitment and selection, employee communication and management including performance management.
• Able to implement and embed standards and processes to effect delivery of engineering excellence.
• Good knowledge of regulatory framework and associated legislation.
• Current knowledge of industry and technology development within area of expertise.
• Expert in Engineering excellence.
• Able to carry out audit and incident investigations Good Project management skills.
• Skilled in mediation and dispute resolution.
• Financial and commercial awareness.

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